The farm, owned and operated by Joseph Fischer and family for six generations, decided in 2004 to switch from conventional beef production to a process requiring fewer antibiotics.

Managing drug shortages is a routine part of a pharmacists job, but its become increasingly more difficult as shortages of ADHD medications, chemotherapy drugs and antibiotics continue nationwide.

Children with sickle cell disease rely on daily doses of penicillin to prevent life-threatening infections. But lately, some are finding it hard to fill their prescriptions.

The rules made it harder for farmers to put large amounts of antibiotics in livestock feed or water without going through a veterinarian.

With every sip of water you take, you ingest low levels of chemicals found in drugs like antibiotics. That could be building up your resistance to the life-saving drugs.